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Sierra Leone court upholds war-crimes convictions
A United Nations-backed court on Friday upheld the convictions of three former rebel leaders who were sentenced to half-century prison terms last year for rape, murder and other…
Sierra Leone war-crimes court hands down sentences
A United Nations-backed Sierra Leone court on Thursday issued its first sentences since the end of the West African nation’s bloody conflict, ordering three rebel leaders…
Trial of Charles Taylor unlikely to proceed this year
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s defence team has some reading to do before his war-crimes trial begins — 32Â 000 pages of documents and witness statements compiled by…
‘Dejected’ Taylor jailed in Sierra Leone
United Nations peacekeepers escorted the captured former Liberian president Charles Taylor into jail on Wednesday at the Sierra Leone tribunal where he is wanted for trial on…